Friday, August 04, 2006


Well, as most of you know by now, Zack broke his leg. We are not exactly sure how, I was on the phone when it happened and I did not see it. I could only assume that he either fell off the arm of the sofa or he some how fell of his radio flyer ride toy. I just know that all of a sudden he was face down on the floor by the sofa and toy crying. I dropped the phone to go get him and he was holding his leg screaming. We took him to Children's hospital out patient and they took x-rays to find that he has a spiral fracture on his femur. They were unable to treat him there so they called Children's in Cincinnati to send an ambulance to pick him up. So I rode with Zachary and Brad met us there. Zack then had a hip spica cast put on and he had to spend the night there. I think Zachary has "white coat syndrome" every time someone came in the room he would get upset. We are now home and everyday it is getting easier. We are learning how to move him around and prop him up. I have made a spot at the kitchen table so he can eat at the table with us. He is much higher then the table so we have to help him. I would like to try to find one of those trays that have the legs that fold under it so we can maybe make things easier for him to reach while he is eating and playing. If I get a chance to get out I will try to look for one. I haven�t seen one of those in a long time. Wish me luck!

Zachary has an appointment with his Orthopedic doctor on the 8th. We will see how things go there.
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2 Comments:

At 1:35 PM, Blogger Mike Angie Patrick Aaron said...

Poor baby! How's he dealing with the cast. Sure doesn't look like much fun for anyone. Hopefully the Dr. will give you good news on the 8th.

 
At 2:54 PM, Blogger sawbewitched said...

He does get frustrated at times. He has a hard time communicating with us since he doesn’t have a large vocabulary yet, so he hits and cries and tosses things a lot when we don’t understand what he wants. That part is not fun for all but we are managing. I am sure it will get easier as the days go on. Once he isn’t in pain anymore I am sure he will start to find ways to move his body around himself. We will see.

 

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